? ***? We, < 4?r . At til* request of Cor gress the Washington police recently1 drew b comparison with eight other citias at aimilar population. Col lier* Mid. "In major crime* reported to the TBI tor the fiscal year 1*49 Washington lad the field with 11.334." The article pointed out that the eight other cities aver aged 10,730 crimes reported about Half the Washington total . Jj Chief troubles the article Sei' ol alum*. It sa!4 fi to 3) (ate th? District at Columbia lituation could clean it up bjr eli ninatinf "the infecious sinks where crime is bred' often Witt Vof? ItfiStft&s: arly by special time-consuming le tails for parades and "VIP"s" -very im peasant persons. Often, he article reported, seven patrol nen in one precinct covers beati lormally assigned to It men. "They may be fewer than 100 oot patrolman for the entin 08 qua re miles atWasttington." it win ted to thfetyia tffifjSyS^ >a re back for one mile down a asSayr" "? The magarine DM not ccttttefnn lave their eyes opened to the crious situation. 'Perhaps it would help if Pfflsi - ? ??????' ' ' - 1 l*Li wh9L* m* FRANCES DELL 831 ******** Too many horn* makers take particular pain* to make Ifheir dining tables look lovely -only when company is onmin* for dinner. Sine* our personal fami lies are the most important peo ple in our Uvea, this i* a bit hard ?? understand. * . Families appreciate having the itMnlufpe table looking attrac tive just as muctwund perhaps nnore, than outsiders. The most inexpensive clothi dent Truman, who ha* been in viting all American* to Washing ton'* sesquicentennial festivities, would propose jtut one addition al light-seeing tour," Collier's "?Sir Americans might like lust a tlimpse at such unbilled attractions a* Temperance Court, Want TWr Tweetaic"! H oB ... -F I Johnson City, Ttnn. ? Thel people of Western North Cwolma] would like to trade "iweetaie* a chugging little narrow-gauge mountain (fain, lor a modem highway leading to East Tennes see. KroffT "'TeludlBm. Belmont Wintoriit poatmafter at Klk Park, N. C., spoke up in iavor of the highway at an Inter itave Commerce Commission hearing here last week. East Tennessee and We North Carolin* Transport Company, operator of the ? mi lo- long railroad from Johnson City to Cranbenfc *. C, seeks to abandon the 22.63-mile oar Section between ..and Cranberry. lb-?Wfc I Johnson City is a< PHi5 itsi once hauled vacation ists and excursionists through the picturesque Tennessee and North Caiolina mountains, but service vfu abandon - the company ?ays it's losing m<**f on Mi ed long ago and freight business. The company wants ICC permisiion to aban doned the narrow-gauge line, and remove the trades. winters testified last week that he understood Tennessee and North Carolina will co-op erate in building a highway over Uia present mountainous road bed if the line is abandoned. And the people of the Carolina moun tain* would much prefer the Highway to Tweetsie, said Win ter*, , ? ? I "That would be better in| these days," he said. During the past season1 4-H Club members in 14 mountain bounties of North Carolina set dut a total of 287,425 tree seed lings. The seedlings were provid ed by the pulpwood industry ofj the State. Farm families can make sum it er living safer and more en joyable by taking time out to do a number of odd jobs around the i farm before the arrival of hot f weather, lay agricultural engine- - ers of the State CdUege Excen- ? sion Service. B Jjf Anto-freeze solutions' should _ be drained from tractor. ?rUck,L and automobile radiator*, fioihtsl outH.lt Ellis, in charge of e* - I tension agricultural engineerute-fl iFor but service, be say., a radia H is very satisfactory. jft* A badly corroded cooling system A Wm mervial radiator cleaning calm pound is recommended. After cleaning, an anti-rust cotnpound should be added Ellis says if openings in the foundation (curtain) wall under the bouse were plugged up last fall, they should be opened now. Ventilation and light are need ed, under the house in tort weath er to discourage termites. POther "hot weather hits" of fered by Ellis: Repair screens. Check ventilation in -laying houses. See that there is adequate shade in the hog lot Extend water system to pro vide plenty of water for live stock. Takf salt tablets in extremely hot weather" Kill off poison ivy and poison oak by spraying with weed kil ler. Don't burn these plant* ? susceptible persons may be poisoned by the smoke. Complete that spring cleanup! ^TT" ? ? m giPftijPfi children start going pflyflpat aid kit along on iicnics and other outing*. Practice sale living. fflS The number of forest fires in he United States increased ap roximately 11 per cent during 949, but the total acreage bum id was less than that swept by ire in 1948. ? ? .l?.^ M. " SELECT YOUR CRYSTAL NOW 42 Patterns To Choose From STALLIHGS JEWELERS At few MgM o< th* Clock - WHAT RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE SAT ABOUT OUR SENATOR FRANK P. GRAHAM THE LATE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Appointed Frank Graham Chairman Ad ob Economic Security. Said Roosevelt: "The woi-jt of this Council and mendation made by me to the Congress and the adopttoh by the Cdfl$-ess Act of 1933." , ?' " , *?-->. ? ? : ' ' ' ? . ' ~ . ? fv LOYALTY . . . Senator Clyde ft. Hoey: "He (Senator Graham) is as loyal it any American who walks this earth." ABILITY . . . General Geo. C. Marshall: "The work Frank Graham did in Indonesia for United Nations was a diplomatic miracle." CHARACTER . Senator Wayne Morse: "Frank Graham is the most Christ-like man I know." ^ - STATESMAN . . . Senator Charles Tobey: ? ? "Frank Graham's Senate speech on the Atlantic Pact was the greatest I have ever heard in the U. S. \ Senate.' WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT . . . Mrs. W. T. Boat: "I think this famous quotation can be ?D 1 lous qi in wn ? level of the age IDVLOMACY . . . Mrs. O. Max Gardner: ich they live mss te applied to until all me Frank Graham: There men stand on higher ground.' .V some men who lift the 1 I of late Governor and Ambassador Gardner and sister-in-law of Senator ri^i- p it ? _ many reasons for being for Senator Graham. I stS ^tT^fo^I ^ 1 ively for the prevention of war and the esUblishment of per?,ane^" JJrtTJJS? " VETERANS ? Help Elect Frank Graham! pf HRISTIAN STATESMAN P. Graham, B. G. Kairallah, your car HnHI Pay as Mb as 75? A WEEK ' kHI BIG TRADE-IN* ALLOWANCE I Eg for your * OLD TIRES II *??? 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